Lego Power Miners

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Power Miners

Availability	2009–2010
Total sets	16
Characters	Rex Brains Duke Doc Meltrox Boulderax Glaciator Sulfurix Firox Crystal King Geolix Tremorox Firax Combustix Infernox Eruptorr
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Lego Power Miners was a product range – or "theme" – of the construction toy Lego^[1] based beneath the surface of the Lego World, wherein a team of 'Power Miners' investigate the cause of a series of severe earthquakes and discover Rock Monsters and Energy Crystals. The theme was released originally in 2009^[2] and discontinued in 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Story and characters[]

The Power Miners (Doc, Duke, Rex, and Brains) are sent underground by the government to investigate a series of earthquakes occurring in the Southwest Region of the U.S that have destroyed several cities on the surface of the Lego World. While underground, they discover the Energy Crystals and the Rock Monsters (Meltrox, Boulderax, Glaciator, Sulfurix, Firox, Geolix and Tremorox). They attempt to collect and mine the crystals in order to stop the monsters from consuming them and causing the earthquakes on the surface. However, a bigger threat emerges in the form of The Crystal King, the undisputed ruler of all Rock Monsters underground has awoken from his years of sleep.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2010, a new sub-theme called Power Miners: Core of the Underworld was introduced. The plot, based on the November 2009 comic, shows the Power Miners fighting the Crystal King with the Titanuim Command Rig, but they accidentally break through the cave floor and fall into the inner core of the earth, where they also find the Lava Monsters: Firax, Combustix, Infernox, and Eruptorr. To keep themselves from boiling from the hot climate, Brains creates heat-protection silver suits, and designs a large base known as the set "Lavatraz." Their new vehicles (Magma Mech, Fire Blaster, Claw Catcher and Lava Dozer) involve usually water cannons, to put out the lava and Lava Monsters. Therefore, the color scheme changed from lime green and orange to lime green, grey and blue. The Energy Crystals also change into Lava Crystals, which is what the Lava Monsters eat.^{[citation needed]}

Set information[]

Below is a list of Power Miners sets. All of the sets have a lime-green and orange color scheme, and the Power Miners themselves have blue and gray uniforms. The first two promotional sets were released in Dec. 2008, but later in the year a few of the first wave sets were available at Toys "R" Us stores. Finally, in Jan. 2009, the entire first wave was released. A second batch of sets was released in May 2009 and a third wave of sets in August 2009. All four new sets of 2010 were released in January 2010 to Europe, while sets 8190 and 8191 were not released to America until August 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Sometimes in different sets, the Miners appear different from the way they usually look (e.g. hair, different facial expression, different hat) but most of the time they appear the same.

Features[]

The rock monsters have a flip top head, revealing the crystal stored inside. Keyring variants of rock monsters sent with monthly Lego magazine subscriptions have a fixed metal screw eye through the top of the head, and do not open. The screw eye can not be removed. It rotates, but does not withdraw from the plastic. Although there is a method of removing the metal screw.

Large monsters, such as Geolix, have a lever on their back that, when pressed/pushed, swings the left arm of the monster, which allows it to throw either rocks, crystals, or smaller monsters. Geolix and Tremorox (but not Eruptorr) all have studs on their backs for holding onto crystals. Unlike their smaller cousins, Large Rock Monsters cannot open their mouths. The largest of all monsters is the Crystal King, who is the boss of all monsters. He features a huge opening jaw, moveable limbs on ball joints, and fingers that can grab objects. He was last shown battling the power miners' titanium command rig when some of the power miners fell into the core of the earth, home of the lava monsters.^{[citation needed]}

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